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A woman who accused a man of sexually assaulting her at a party spent much of Tuesday morning defending her story.

Defence lawyer David O’Neill launched a vigorous attack on the woman’s credibility Tuesday during his cross-examination in Superior Court of Justice.

O’Neill is representing 23-year-old Jory Monahan. Monahan has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual assault and is being tried by a jury. A publication ban prohibits publishing anything that could identify the complainant.

The complainant testified Monday that she had been heavily intoxicated earlier that night. She said she woke up in the early morning hours of March 24, 2011, and discovered Monahan having sex with her.

O’Neill began by questioning her about minor details about the party-how much she had to drink and what she remembers.

Then he pushed a little farther.

He asked the woman if she remembered having intercourse with his client. He asked if she remembered being a willing participant in the act, kissing and biting him. O’Neill also suggested the two had had intercourse on a coach earlier in the night before the woman got up and went to sleep beside her friend.

He also suggested the woman was after Monahan’s money. O’Neill said Monahan had been involved in a vehicle collision months before the alleged assault, and was involved in a million-dollar lawsuit at the time of the party.

He asked the woman if she planned on suing Monahan for damages if he was convicted of sexually assaulting her.

“Not at all, no,” she replied.

The woman denied all of O’Neill’s allegations, and told court she didn’t remember a lot of what happened that night, given her level of intoxication.

She also said that she didn’t remember her conversation with her friend in the hours following the attack.

Crown attorney Paula Thompson quickly addressed the questions raised by O’Neill, asking the complainant if she took notes when she woke up, when she spoke to police, when she went to the hospital, or when she spoke to her friend the next day.

The complainant confirmed that she hadn’t made any notes before, during or after the assault.

The woman’s friend testified later that afternoon.

She told court the complainant drank a lot at a party she threw at her apartment, enough to make her sick.

She testified the woman vomited and passed out shortly after midnight.

Hours later she woke up when she felt someone hitting her in the side of her head, she told court.

She testified she saw her friend sprawled out on the bed beside her, with Monahan was having aggressive intercourse with her.